using brushes in Illustrator 5.5, I cannot find a way to change the "tint" of an art brush to a solid color. I have dragged the brush from the brush library to an ai document to try to modify it ...no luck. I have expanded the brush to art outlines ...no luck. I have expanded the transparency. All color and transparency panels indicate 100%, however the object is still a transparent tint. I have tried cutting and pasting the expanded object without luck.
I have read the reference manual on this subject, but nowhere does it tell how to remove the tint and make the newly created object a solid color.
If I draw a shape and select the fill color from one of my swatches, this applies the color OK. Then if I want to change the fill color to a tint of the swatch, what I used to do in Illustrator 5.5 was go to the 'Color Guide' tab and choose a tint. This tint was then applied to the shape. If I do the same in Illustrator CC, I can select the tint, but it does not get applied to the shape, the shape remains with its original fill color. I use tints of our company colors a lot, so I need this to work!
CS5 has bad color, and cannot see light tints. The computer used to be a freelance computer, so all the settings were probably messed with. So far I
Deleted /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/en_US*/Checked both use the same color settings, see screenshots
In Bridge CS5 synchronized settings to North American Gen Purpose 2Overprint prefview is on in both CS5 (left, CS6 (right) background has dark pink pattern.
working in CS6, OS 10.6.8. I'm working on a 3-color screen print CD label, and the colors will be a white background, plus black and a PMS color. I've been recoloring some CMYK artwork to use in the design, and really liked the results of Recolor Artwork (selecting only black and the spot color), until I noticed that when I selected "tints & shades" it converted everything with black in it to process (which I know Adobe says is why you shouldn't select that option).
But my question is, how can I get the same effect (that is, using shades of the spot color "mixed" with black) without having it convert the shades to process? I'm sure it involves overprinting, but I'm hitting a big hole in my knowledge.
I'm experiencing a strange problem in Elements 10:
When I'm in a new file, if I go file-place and select an image it automatically tints the image into black and white. I recently used this option in the program and it almost seems like the function is stuck!?
I recently downloaded some sketch brushes off a website but when applying them to a shape like a circle, the brush doesnt follow all the way through. Like on the right side its got that separation.
I load an .eps file on Illustrator CC on Mac OS X 10.8.5 and can't remove the box and edit the EPS. Nothing works, re-save with create compatible file as PDF, Save with legacy format, and another old illustrator format, etc.
Then I send to a friend that have Illustrator CS5.5 and he save it and re-send me to me... Now can edit the file. Why can't do it on Illustrator CC?
I have Illustrator CC (at the moment I am using the trial version), and I have used it a few times. The only problem is that every time I have made some changes to the hotkeys/keyboard shortcuts, and added a few brushes, this disappears (like it resets back to factory settings by itself) when I re-open Illustrator.
I want to use a detailed color photograph as a pattern brush, what is the best way to do it?
I have rasterized the photo, then used image trace high quality photo, then creates the new pattern brush and used it. But this makes the illustration super heavy and slows down my computer. Ia there a way to vectorize photos with high quality without having that many points in the vector?Or is there another way to use photos as pattern brushes?
Is there a way to easily get rid of corners on a path like the one below in Illustrator CC 17.1?
I can't get the knife tool to work and neither eraser works, nor does there appear to be anything online about it. Because of the way the path is, resizing or turning it doesn't work either.
This is something I SHOULD be able to figure out, but for some reason, I'm having trouble. I'm designing a t-shirt. It can only have 4 colors. The "5th color" is actually the color of the shirt itself. So I have waves with a dolphin over them (covering them, not above them). The dolphin is outlined in one of the 4 colors, but I want the dolphin itself to be the color of the t-shirt (i.e., no color at all - or see-through, so it is actually the color of the shirt). How do I remove the color of the dolphin for the printer? If it was just the dolphin over a solid color, I could do that. But since it's over many colors (the waves)
i purchased a symbol package online and it came with these instructions URL... that i followed to a T. the problem.,. well the symbols and the brushes do not show in library for me to use. the package name showed in the library.. but when i click on it, the list is empty. how can i get them to show in the library permanently.
by the way, when i open the downloaded package using Ai, the symbols are there and i am able to open them no problem. but i can't get them to populate in the brushes, symbols library.
Art brushes are showing a grey version of what should be a Rich Black RGB 0, 0, 0,. Furthermore, expanding the art brush stroke and sampling the color shows the strokes "Black" is actually: 32,32,32, pre-expansion the RGB sample shows the stroke is 0,0,0.
Color Mode=RGB Print Proof=NO Document =RGB Display all Blacks, print all Blacks=Rich Black
Options for Art Brush show art brush swatch is Rich Black but using eyedropper (within brush options window) and sampling preview stroke CHANGES swatch preview from Rich Black to Grey.
I'm trying to get out of my comfort zone and try bristle brushes. The first thing I notice, is the lack of pressure control. This baffles me. Is this just a programming limitation? As a painter, I depend on pressure to create nuanced effects.
I'd be interested in seeing how people are using this feature. The demos on Youtube are not impressive, but I'm sure someone is using them to their potential.
There is a way inside Illustrator to send back or front the anchor points of a path?
In the image below was createad with Pen Tool starting from left to right but if i want to bring some of these crossing points back and forth from each other, is it possible?
Like in the middle one to send it back from the other behind it?
I have recently upgraded to CS6 from CS2. I do a lot of digital inking in Illustrator as part of my job. In CS2 I would create a simple tapered brush using 4 anchor points. When I would draw a brush stroke say with two anchor points, and then expand that brush stroke. Illustrator CS2 would convert the outlined tapered brush stroke back to the the original 4 anchor point path that I had originally created with maybe one extra point if the stroke curved drastically. Now is CS6 illustrator creates that same expanded brush with 9 to 12 anchor points in the path. This makes the program completly useless for my task. Is there anyway to correct this?
I just can't add neither modify brushes in the brush palette. The little pencil in the bottom right corner is barred and I can't figure how to free it.
I was trying different options in a path, and suddenly the brushes libraries appeared empty Then my laptop went crazy, even Internet speed went down drastically.
I'm using Illustrator CS6, and want to scale an object that has a brush applied to it without scaling the line weights in the brush. I've been able to somewhat do that by Expanding the object with the brush applied, but then of course it no longer has a brush applied to the object. Is it possible to scale an object without changing the stroke weights in the brush?
This is what I have now when I scale, the line weight of the brush scales when I scale the line weight of the line the brush is applied to:
What I want is to be able to scale the line weight of the line the brush is applied to, but not the line weight of the brush itself.
Can parts of an Illustrator brush be removed or erased where they overlap on an angle. Obviously straight portions are not a problem and can be handled by moving the anchor point of the path. However, I have created a pattern brush with 6 parallel lines and I am designing a typeface for a Typography class. There are areas where the brush lines overlap.
I've made a custom brush library and want to delete some of the brushes but there is no little garbage can icon in the lower right hand corner of the brushes pallete. How do I delete the unwanted brushes from the cusotm library? The little garbage can IS on the regular brushes pallette.
I work in the screenprinting field, and use Illustrator CS6 all day, every day to create layouts which are then separated into spot color separations. I found a script that I installed that is supposed to select all overprinted objects. When we blend objects using the "make blend" tool, the script does not select the objects in the blend. will allow us to TRULY select ALL overprints in the document?
